From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 17 7:14:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from asmodeus.diabolis.net (209-6-187-27.c6-0.wth-ubr1.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com [209.6.187.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6CAA14A04 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 07:14:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bunicula@rcn.com) Received: from asmodeus (asmodeus [192.168.2.6]) by asmodeus.diabolis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA02717 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:19:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bunicula@rcn.com) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:19:06 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Anderson X-Sender: bunicula@asmodeus.diabolis.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ipf/ipnat vs. ipfw/natd Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG so, the latest step in my freebsd education is firewalling. from what i can see, there are 2 told that seem heavily used: ipf with ipnat, and ipfw with natd. is there any place i can find a comparison of the two: pros and cons, and all that happy stuff? it looks like ipfw is the default, but ipf is easier to find documentation on... thanks! brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message